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Fargesia rufa T.P.Yi Poaceae. Farges bamboo. Distribution: China. Named, in 1985, after Paul Guillaume Farges (1844-1912), a French missionary and plant collector, who went in 1867 with the Missions Étrangères to north-east Szechuan. He botanised extensively and amassed 4,000 herbarium specimens which he sent back o France. He discovered and sent back seeds of the handkerchief tree, Davidia involucrata, one of which germinated after 18 months. Eighty plants have been named after him. (Cox, 1945
Bretschneider, 1898). Photographed in the Medicinal Garden of the Royal College of Physicians, London.
Creator
- Dr Henry Oakeley
Subject
- Countryside
- Garden
- Herbal remedies
- Petal
- Poison
- Green
- Garden
Creator
- Dr Henry Oakeley
Subject
- Countryside
- Garden
- Herbal remedies
- Petal
- Poison
- Green
- Garden
Providing institution
Aggregator
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Rights
- Credit: Dr Henry Oakeley
Source
- B0009017
Identifier
- B0009017
- aamaddjr
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:23:31.601Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:23:31.601Z